PLTR vs. INTU, NOW, SNPS, CDNS, SHOP, CRWD, NTES, SNOW, ADSK, and TEAM
Should you be buying Palantir Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palantir Technologies include Intuit (INTU), ServiceNow (NOW), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Shopify (SHOP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), NetEase (NTES), Snowflake (SNOW), Autodesk (ADSK), and Atlassian (TEAM). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) and Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Intuit has a net margin of 19.43% compared to Palantir Technologies' net margin of 12.79%. Intuit's return on equity of 18.61% beat Palantir Technologies' return on equity.
Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.7, meaning that its stock price is 170% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuit has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Intuit has higher revenue and earnings than Palantir Technologies. Intuit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palantir Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intuit received 1005 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.75% of users gave Intuit an outperform vote while only 44.91% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.
Palantir Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $20.65, indicating a potential downside of 13.20%. Intuit has a consensus price target of $679.41, indicating a potential upside of 18.64%. Given Intuit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intuit is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.
45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Intuit shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Intuit shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 12 more articles in the media than Intuit. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 17 mentions for Intuit. Intuit's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Palantir Technologies' score of 0.60 indicating that Intuit is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Intuit beats Palantir Technologies on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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